Media captionAustralia gay vote: The moment the country said yes Australians have overwhelmingly voted in favour of legalising same-sex marriage in a historic poll. The non-binding postal vote showed 61.6% of people favour allowing same-sex couples to wed, the Australian Bureau of Statistics said. Jubilant supporters have been celebrating in public spaces, waving rainbow flags [...]

Image copyright AFP/Getty Images Image caption Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe had been visiting Iran with her daughter Gabriella when she was arrested Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson is to meet the husband of a British-Iranian woman jailed in Iran later. Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe has been held by Tehran since April 2016 after being accused of spying – charges she [...]

Media captionMaj Gen Sibusiso Moyo read out a statement on national TV early on Wednesday Zimbabwe’s military has read out a statement after taking over the national broadcaster, ZBC, saying it has taken action to “target criminals”. However, it said this was not “a military takeover of government” and President Robert Mugabe was safe. Heavy [...]